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The Concomitants Of Urbanization, Phyllis D. Knights

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Social Intelligence In Alcoholics, Carolyn Ann Kowatsch

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

The Affective Economy, Geoffrey P. West

Master's Theses

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The Indictment And Trial Of Iva Ikuko Toguri D'Aquino-- Tokyo Rose , September 1948-September 1949, John Juji Hada

Master's Theses

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Ddt Inhibition Of (Na+, K+)-Activated Atpase In Gill Tissue Of Fundulus Heteroclitus, Nancy Mccutcheon Slate

Master's Theses

The DDT inhibition of (Na+, K+) - activated ATPase in gill preparations of the euryhaline teleost, Fundulus heteroclitus, was measured. The (Na+, K+) -activated ATPase was found to be sensitive to DDT, with 74.6% of the enzyme's specific activity inhibited by 20 ppm DDT. The (Mg++)-activated ATPase was also sensitive to inhibition bv DDT but not to the extent of the (Na+, K+) - activat ed ATPase . Due to previous work which showed that DDT antagonized valinomycin-induced K+ conductance in a synthetic membrane, the effect of K+ on DDT inhibition was examined kinetically. The Km for K+ in gill …

To Revitalize The Flaccid Garden : A Study Of Milton's Paradise Regained, Daniel Clyde Bartges

Master's Theses

By 1654, Milton had partaken of misery, neglect, frustration, poverty; temptation, and disillusionment, as do all men; and it was his hope to "justify" (actually to "explain" since, to Milton, God's "ways" do not lend themselves to mortal justification) these plights to his fellow man. He shared the troublesome question of the Puritans: why is there evil in a world created by a beneficent God? A sincere Christian, he hoped to find a solution to this religious embarrassment through Biblical interpretation and subsequent enlightenment.

It is my belief that Paradise Regained constitutes Milton's most concentrated effort toward solving this baffling …

The Glasgow Paradox : A Study Of Ellen Glasgow's Sad Ladies, Frank Alexander Lovelock

Master's Theses

This study intends to examine the career of Ellen Glasgow to determine how her personal philosophy is re­ flected in her work--and more especially in the characters of her long-suffering heroines (the sad ladies). It is hoped that the reader will come to understand how Glasgow moved from an initial phase of hope, through a period of pain and sorrow, and into a final time of despair .

For the purpose of this study, special emphasis has been placed. on the importance of the novels which were written after 1900. It is these novels that have come to be considered …

One-Trial Versus Incremental Learning : A Re-Evaluation Employing Signal Detection Theory, James William Hyams

Master's Theses

The purpose of the present study was to lend support to either the one-trial or incremental theory of learning by examining the probability of correct responses as a function of prior stimulus exposure. Signal detection theory was employed as the method of analysis. Two experiments tested the theories in a verbal learning task and a psychomotor task. On each of three trials a list of 6 AB pairs or 6 AB distances was presented once, then one of these 6 pairs or distances was tested for recognition. On the recognition test either AB (a previously viewed pair or distance) or …

The Orderly Chaos Of Camilo José́ Cela, Christian William Hearon

Master's Theses

Camilo José Cela, a philosopher and a consummate artist, has produced a series of works which individually and as a group, are a careful combination of idea and form. One work cannot adequately be understood unless it is also seen in context with Cela's other works. Each of the novels, short stories, essays and travel books, is united to the others by Cela' s overall existential philosophical outlook, and each rests on and at the same time illuminates the others.

Linwood Holton's Long Quest For The Governorship Of Virginia And Its Impact On The Growth Of The Republican Party, Jack R. Hunter

Master's Theses

When the history of Virginia in the 20th Century is written, the emergence of the Republican Party as a force in its political affairs will surely rank among the more important events of the time. It is my purpose to examine this event , chiefly in terms of the role played by Abner Linwood Holton, Jr., in his long and successful effort to win election as Governor of Virginia. It is not my intention to say that Holton alone was responsible for the growth of Republicanism in Virginia in the 1960's, nor to suggest that it would not have come …

A Study Of The Kinetics Of Light Induced Modulation Of Absorption In Zinc Selenide, Herbert Seth Berman

Master's Theses

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Selected Aspects Of Interstate 295 : The Interstate Highway System Of Virginia, Gilray Moyes Anderson

Master's Theses

This paper has hopefully given the reader a better understanding of the Interstate Highway System in the United States and Virginia through a general history , with related planning and process of a particular road­ way, I-295. Using 1295, this thesis has attempted to correlate the connection of one planned interstate road­ way in Virginia with others in the Virginia system.

The interstate highway system in Virginia is the accumulation of the history of roads in the State from the first Indian trails and paths. Based on what the present has given us the future will bring larger, safer and …

Prophet -- A Symbol Of Protest A Study Of The Leaders Of Cargo Cults In Papua New Guinea, Paul Finnane

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A New Look At The Old Errand: A Radical Strain In American Thought, Richard F. Moore

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Partial Analysis Of A Religious Missionary Community As An Agency Of Directed Culture Change, Jennifer Sister Johnson S.Sp.S.

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Biochemical Maturation Changes In Developing Lung Surfactant In Rabbits, Peter Pagast

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Peter Semenenko And His Triologism As A Basis For A Resurrection Philosophy Of Education, Lenore V. Kusek

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Speed Of Conflict Resolution As Related To The Taylor Manifest Anxiety Scale, Jeffrey Carter Fracher

Master's Theses

The topic of conflict resolution is one which has received relatively little attention in psychological research even though individuals encounter, and must re­solve, numerous conflicts in their daily lives. The present paper will attempt to shed some light on several facets of this area of interest.

Myths And Legends In The Stories Of Eudora Welty, Robert Keith Brower

Master's Theses

Wright Morris suggests that in The Territory Ahead that the American writer's imagination has been crippled by the nostalgia that drives it to a preoccupation with the mythic past. Like any other generalization, there are several glaring exceptions to this statement, and one of the most obvious of these exceptions ca be found in the case of Eudora Welty. Miss Welty has continually exhibited a great knowledge of mythology and American folklore, and has utilized this knowledge extensively in her stories. However, it is safe to say that rather than being crippled, Miss Welty's imagination has been greatly enhanced and …

Recognition And Recall As Measures Of Retention On A Paired Associate Task, David F. Prim

Master's Theses

Widely disparate findings concerning recognition and recall as indicants of retention have been reported by several independent researchers. To clarify the problem a list of 8 items, composed of letter-number pairs, was presented 5 times by the study-test method to 160 college undergraduates. The list was learned by either recognition or recall and then tested by either a recognition or recall test after 24 hour and 72 hour intervals. Ss were placed in 1 of 5 categories dependent upon the trial the S achieved 100% criterion. A 4 factor ANOV showed recognition scores to be significantly higher at the .05 …

The Participation Of The Richmond Negro In Politics, 1890-1900, Joe B. Wilkins

Master's Theses

This short treatise on one aspect of Negro history is the result of the author's pro'ound interest in United States history. The author's personal interest in the history of the Negro in the New South contributed to the selection of this topic.

The Richmond Negro by the end of the decade,1890-1900, was Virtually powerless politically and was ostracized from white society. All Negro Councilmen and Aldermen had been defeated in the May 1896 municipal elections and had been unsuccessful in regaining their seats. Thus in ten years the Negro had lost almost all political rights and witnessed the paternalistic attitude …

History Of The John Gill Room, Redwood City Public Library, Redwood City, California,1905-1971, Jeanette Ann Strong

Master's Theses

When the new Carnegie library building was built in Redwood City in 1905, the children's division consisted of a small section of the adult reading room, with about 600 old books and no programs for the children. Over the years, the division has grown into the present-day John Gill Room, with over 35,000 volumes and sev��ral active programs to interest children in the work of the library.

Statement of the problem. This report will cover the history of the John Gill Room of the Redwood City Public Library; this division of the library has had a separate history all its …

Development Of An Instrument To Measure Student Attitudes Toward God Using Semantic Differential, Joyce A. Morse

Master's Theses

The study had two objectives

(1) to construct an instrument, which would, measure students' attitudes toward God, and

(2) to use the instrument in a small pilot study to test its usefulness.

The instrument was patterned after the format of Osgood's Semantic Differential and each subject was asked to make judgments on five different concepts about God. Each concept was judged by pairs of bipolar adjectives on a rating scale of one to five, with five, being the most-positive.. The thirteen bipolar adjective pairs used in the. final .instrument were used only after two item analyses proved them to be …

The Effect Of Kindergarten Attendance On Later School Experiences, Janice Louise Trevan

Master's Theses

Problem

It is estimated that about one-half of our nation's six-year-olds receive their initial formal education when entering first grade. Many authorities in the field of education feel that an early childhood educational experience may be a causative factor in a child's later academic and social adjustment in school.

The purpose of this study was to: (1) compare the academic achievement and social adjustment of first-grade children who have had kindergarten experience and first grade children who have not had kindergarten experience; and (2) compare the academic achievement and social adjustment of fourth grade children who have had kindergarten experience …

The Relationship Between Athletic Success And Scholastic Achievement, Norman Bruce Province

Master's Theses

Recently the Berrien Springs Senior High School Board members voted to transfer from one interscholastic athletic league to another, since the high school's football and basketball teams had been having very poor athletic success. The faculty and administration felt that always losing was having a demoralizing effect on the entire school body, which was carrying over into their academic success.

This study covered a twenty year period running from 1953 to 1972 at the Berrien Springs Senior High School. The purpose was to see if the interscholastic athletic success in varsity and junior varsity football and basketball during this period …

The Relationship Between The Self-Concept And School Achievement In The Disadvantaged Child, Aneesi B. Nakhle

Master's Theses

PURPOSE

The purpose of the study was to determine the extent of the relationship between the self-concept and the academic achievement of the disadvantaged child.

METHOD AND PROCEDURES

The subjects studied were randomly selected from an inner city elementary school. The sample consisted of 97 black and 8 white children of ages 9 to 13, in a nongraded school. The pupils were administered the California Achievement Test Level 3 Form B, and the California Test of Personality, Level 2, Form AA. Both tests were administered during the month of April 1972. The statistical treatment of the data consisted of obtaining …

A Comparison Of Values In Black And White Children In The Upper, Middle And Lower Social Classes, Emmanuel Ola Atolagbe

Master's Theses

Purpose of the Study

The purpose of the study was to (1) discover if the value system of blacks is different from the value system of whites, and (2) to determine if social class is a significant influencing factor in the shaping of values.

Methods and Procedures

Many studies have been conducted in which the values of blacks and whites of both sexes in the lower, middle and upper classes were examined. Schuster (1968) conducted a study in which the values of blacks and whites of both sexes in the upper social class were examined. Lott and Lott (1963) examined …

The Ecology Of Insanity, Dominic F. Burke

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Impulsivity And Intelligence In Young Children, Allan Norbert Kaczala

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

The Development Of A Test For The Measurement Of Drug Information Gained From Practical Experience By Undergraduate Students In Pharmacy, Henri R. Manasse

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.